james taylor at his best

after running errands this afternoon,
i promised finn he could watch the movie cars while i prepared dinner.

he's probably watched it 500 times but it never fails to keep him captivated
 and it gives me a little window of time for me to get caught up on things.

finn and scout love all the different cars in and all the racing that takes place,
and c and i like the messages it teaches the boys.
i especially love the james taylor song in it our town.

whenever it comes on,
i ask finn to turn it up for mommy and whatever i'm doing,
i stop and just listen.

for some reason i'm reminded of my dad when i hear it and i'm not sure why.
maybe it's because it's about a simpler time and my dad has told me alot about
 his little town where his mom ran a grocery store right off their main home.

i have vague memories of his town but what i remember is all good.
i almost get nostalgic for a time and place i never really even knew.
for alot of reasons, i love this song.

if you haven't ever heard it, take a few minutes and watch this little clip from the movie
and listen. i promise, you'll be happy you did. it's james taylor at his best.

the lyrics:
long ago, but not so very long ago the world was different,
oh yes it was you settled down and you built a town and
made it live and you watched it grow it was your town

time goes by, time brings changes, you change too
nothing comes that you can't handle,
so on you go never see it coming,
the world caves in on you on your town.
nothing you can do.

main street isn't main street anymore
lights don't shine as brightly as they shone before
tell the truth, lights don't shine at all, in our town sun.

comes up each morning just like it's always done get up,
go to work start the day open up for business that's never gonna come
as the world rolls by a million miles away

main street isn't main street anymore
no one seems to need us like they did before
it's hard to find a reason left to stay
but it's our town,

love it anyway
come what may,
it's our town.